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Moridin - Student  |
I hear the term thrown around alot, but I don't really know what it is. I've been trying to make myself more computer literate these days, but there is so much terminology! Anyway, wassa codec? _______________ Bros. with Janus, Leif, Motrec, Aiden, 3th, Zertz, Kenyon, and Vladarion. b00m! Banana Brother to Garos |
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Achilles - Student 
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Basicly what Daid said, just an Encoder to view videos, and or music  _______________ Padawan to the great Katan JA Brother to D@RTHM@ULR.I.P. Vladarion, may he find peace in the afterlife. |
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Fate - Student 
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Yeah, good explination. Think of them like a zip file but for video (and you don't have to unpack it, rather you need the plug in for your media player and it does the work for you). _______________ I must not fear . Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear . I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Gom gom gom gom gom! |
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Daidalus[JAP] Fisto - Student ![Daidalus[JAP] Fisto](/image_thumbnail.php?f_type=users&f_width=49&f_height=70&f_image=3482.jpg){kind=small}
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normaly you need a codec to encode or code a video-stream. Movies are normaly very, very big. So you have to pack them. There are many codecs who can do that. you can imaginte them like a formula to make movies small. for example DivX ais a codec. please dont nail me on the wall, i dont know mans, but there are many for mpeg or avi or what ever you want ;-) Greetings, Daidalus _______________ Founder of the Fisto Family -|- Member of the mighty FiZZsters!! -|- Owner of the second Bail prize for "BAIL RULES!!" -|- I'll never forget you Jaina! -|- Owner of the one and only autograph of Smily -|- SMILY RULES  -|- Owner of the 1000th Comment of the great Kueller -|- Big brother to NarCosT Fisto, and ShadowFax . -|- Proud Padawan of Kueller -|-Sir Daidalus Fisto. Official Historian of Nippledom and server to Menaxia, Queen of Nippledom Quote: fiZZe: "gdamubububugmgmgububugrrrrrdsa?"
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